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1 mechanica
mēchănĭcus, a, um, adj., = mêchanikos, of or belonging to mechanics, mechanical (ante-class. and post-Aug.).I.Adj.:II.disciplina,
Gell. 10, 12:opera,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 2, 2: ars, Firm. Math. 6, 31.—Subst.A.mēchănĭcus, i, m., a mechanic, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. petauristas, p. 206 Müll.:B. C.sipho, quem diabeten vocant mechanici,
Col. 3, 10, 2; Suet. Vesp. 18.—mēchănĭca, ōrum, n., works of mechanical art, App. Mag. 61, p. 314, 6. -
2 mechanicus
mēchănĭcus, a, um, adj., = mêchanikos, of or belonging to mechanics, mechanical (ante-class. and post-Aug.).I.Adj.:II.disciplina,
Gell. 10, 12:opera,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 2, 2: ars, Firm. Math. 6, 31.—Subst.A.mēchănĭcus, i, m., a mechanic, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. petauristas, p. 206 Müll.:B. C.sipho, quem diabeten vocant mechanici,
Col. 3, 10, 2; Suet. Vesp. 18.—mēchănĭca, ōrum, n., works of mechanical art, App. Mag. 61, p. 314, 6. -
3 Arbuscula
1.arbuscŭla, ae, f. dim. [from arbor, as majusculus, minusculus, from major, minor].I.A small tree, shrub.A.Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 15; Col. 5, 10, 7; 5, 11, 13; 11, 2, 79.—B.Transf., of a tuft of feathers:II.arbuscula crinita,
i. e. the crown on the head of the peacock, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—In mechanics, a movable machine for propelling military engines, Gr. hamaxopodes, Vitr. 10, 20.2.Arbuscŭla, ae, f., the name of a mimic actress in the time of Cicero, Cic. Att. 4, 15; Hor. S. 1, 10, 77. -
4 arbuscula
1.arbuscŭla, ae, f. dim. [from arbor, as majusculus, minusculus, from major, minor].I.A small tree, shrub.A.Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 15; Col. 5, 10, 7; 5, 11, 13; 11, 2, 79.—B.Transf., of a tuft of feathers:II.arbuscula crinita,
i. e. the crown on the head of the peacock, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 121.—In mechanics, a movable machine for propelling military engines, Gr. hamaxopodes, Vitr. 10, 20.2.Arbuscŭla, ae, f., the name of a mimic actress in the time of Cicero, Cic. Att. 4, 15; Hor. S. 1, 10, 77. -
5 arca
arca, ae, f. [arceo:I.arca et arx quasi res secretae, a quibus omnes arceantur,
Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 262; v. arceo], a place for keeping any thing, a chest, box.Lit.A.In gen.:B.arca vestiaria,
Cato, R. R. 11, 3: ex illā oleā arcam esse factam eoque [p. 153] conditas sortes, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Suet. Tib. 63:arca ingens variorum venenorum plena,
id. Calig. 59 al. —Very freq.,Esp.,1.A box for money, a safe, a coffer, and particularly of the rich, and loculi was their purse, porte-monnaie, while sacculus was the pouch of the poor, Juv. 1, 89 sq.; 11, 26; cf. id. 10, 25; 14, 259 Ruperti, and Cat. 13, 8; Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:2.populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arcā,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 67.—Hence, meton., like our purse, for the money in it:arcae nostrae confidito,
rely upon my purse, Cic. Att. 1, 9; id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 12; id. Par. 6, 1; Cat. 23, 1; Col. 3, 3, 5; 8, 8, 9; Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 8; Sen. Ep. 26 fin. — Hence, ex arcā absolvere aliquem, to pay in cash upon the spot (opp. de mensae scripturā absolvere), Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 13 Don.; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 7, 29 Don., and arcarius.—And of public money, state treasure, revenues (late Lat.):frumentaria,
Dig. 50, 4, 1, § 2:vinaria,
Symm. Ep. 10, 42 al. —A coffin (cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.), Liv. 40, 29; cf. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 85; Val. Max. 1, 1:II.cadavera Conservus vili portanda locabat in arcā,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 9; Luc. 8, 736; Dig. 11, 7; Inscr. Orell. 3560; 4429.—Transf. Of any thing in the form of a box or chest.A.Noah's ark (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 6, 14 sqq.; ib. Matt. 24, 38; ib. Heb. 11, 7 al.—B.In Jewish antiq., the Ark of the Covenant (eccl. Lat.):C.arca foederis,
Vulg. Deut. 10, 8:arca foederis Domini,
ib. Num. 10, 33:arca testimonii,
ib. Exod. 26, 34:arca testamenti,
ib. Heb. 9, 4:arca testamenti Dei,
ib. Jer. 3, 16:arca Domini,
ib. Jos. 4, 4:arca Dei,
ib. 1 Reg. 11, 17; and absol.:arca,
ib. Exod. 30, 6; ib. Deut. 10, 5.—A small, close prison, a cell:D.(Servi) in arcas coniciuntur, ne quis cum iis colloqui possit,
Cic. Mil. 22 fin.; cf. Fest. p. 264 Müll. —In mechanics, the water-box of a hydraulic machine, Vitr. 10, 13.—E.A watercistern, a reservoir, Vitr. 6, 3.—F.A quadrangular landmark; cf. Scriptt. Agrim. pp. 119, 222, 223, 271 Goes. -
6 capreolus
căprĕŏlus, i, m. [as if from capreus, caprea].I. II.Transf., named from the form of their horns,A.An implement with two prongs for cutting up weeds, a weeding-hoe, Col. 11, 3, 46.—B.In plur.:C.capreoli, in mechanics,
short pieces of timber inclining to each other, which support something, supports, props, stays, Vitr. 4, 2; 5, 1; 10, 15; 10, 20; 10, 21; Caes. B. C. 2, 10; Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 11.—Of vines, the small tendrils which support the branches, Col. 1, 31, 4; Paul. ex Fest. p. 57 Müll.; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208. -
7 cardo
cardo, ĭnis, m. [cf. kradê, a swing; kradainô, to swing, wave; Sanscr. kurd, a spring, a leap; old Germ. hrad, lively, and Germ. reit in bereit, ready] (f., Gracch. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P.; Graius ap. Non. p. 202, 20; cf. infra in Vitr.), the pivot and socket, upon which a door was made to swing at the lintel and the threshold, the hinge of a door or gate, Enn. Trag. 119 Vahl.:B.paene ecfregisti foribus cardines,
Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8:postis a cardine vellit Aeratos,
Verg. A. 2, 480:cardo stridebat,
id. ib. 1, 449; cf. id. Cir. 222:num muttit cardo?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94:immoti,
Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:singuli,
id. 36, 15, 24, § 117:facili patuerunt cardine valvae,
Juv. 4, 63:versato cardine Thisbe Egreditur,
opening the door, Ov. M. 4, 93; cf. Verg. A. 3, 448:nec strepitum verso Saturnia cardine fecit,
Ov. M. 14, 782 al. —Meton.1.Cardines, in mechanics, beams that were fitted together; and specifically, cardo masculus, a tenon, Vitr. 9, 6, and cardo femina, a socket, a mortise, id. 9, 6:b.cardo securiclatus,
axeshaped tenon, a dovetail, id. 10, 15, 3.— Hence,In garlands, the place where the two ends meet, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—2.In astron., the point about which something turns, a pole. So of the North pole:II.caeli,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:mundi,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; cf.: extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Ov. P. 2, 10, 45; Stat. Th. 1, 349:cardo glacialis ursae,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1139:Arctoae cardo portae,
Stat. Th. 7, 35;hence anal. to this, with the agrimensores,
the line limiting the field, drawn through from north to south, Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf. Fest. s. v. decimanus, p. 71 Müll., and accordingly the mountain Taurus is called cardo, i. e. line or limit, Liv. 37, 54, 23; cf. id. 40, 18, 8; 41, 1, 3.—Of the four cardinal points of the world, Quint. 12, 10, 67; so, Hesperius Eous, Luc. 5, 71; Stat. Th. 1, 157:occiduus,
Luc. 4, 672:medius,
id. 4, 673.— Of the earth as the centre of the universe, acc. to the belief of the ancients, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160; 2, 9, 6, § 44.—Of the intersection of inclined surfaces:reperiuntur (aquae)... quodam convexitatis cardine aut montium radicibus,
Plin. 31, 3, 26, § 43.—Of the summer solstice:anni,
Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264; and so of the epochs of the different seasons:temporum,
id. 18, 25, 58, § 218; 18, 25, 59, § 220.—Hence, of the time of life:extremus,
old age, Luc. 7, 381.—Trop., that on which every thing else turns or depends, the chief point or circumstance (so not before the Aug. per.):haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum,
at such a turn of affairs, so great a crisis, in so critical a moment, decisive, Verg. A. 1, 672 (hoc est in articulo, Serv.; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 7, 6; Gr. akmê):fatorum in cardine summo,
Stat. Th. 10, 853: litium. Quint. 12, 8, 2:causae,
id. 5, 12, 3:satellitem in quo totius dominationis summa quasi quodam cardine continetur,
Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 5:unum eligamus in quo est summum ac principale, in quo totius sapientiae cardo versatur,
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8 castellum
castellum, i, n. dim. [castrum], a castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 30; id. B. C. 3, 36; Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9; id. Caecin. 7, 20; Sall. J. 54, 6; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Alcib. 7, 4; Liv. 10, 46, 11; 21, 11, 10; Verg. A. 5, 440; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 34 al.; also of a single bulwark, bastion, Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 2, 8; 7, 69; id. B. C. 3, 44; and poet. of a dwelling in an elevated position, Verg. G. 3, 475.—B.In mechanics, a structure in which the water of an aqueduct is collected, to be distributed by pipes or channels in different directions, a reservoir, Vitr. 8, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 35; Dig. 19, 1, 17; 43, 20, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3203 al.—II.Trop., shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge (cf. arx, I. B.):templum Castoris fuit arx civium perditorum... castellum forensis latrocinii,
Cic. Pis. 5, 11:urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defendis,
id. Div. 2, 16, 37:tribunal Appii castellum omnium scelerum,
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9 cervicula
cervīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [id.].I.A small neck, * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 49; App. Flor. p. 348:* II.contracta,
Quint. 11, 3, 180.—In mechanics, the neck of a hydraulic machine, Vitr. 10, 8, 2. -
10 chelae
chēlē, ēs, f., = chêlê (the claws or arms of animals).* I. II. -
11 chele
chēlē, ēs, f., = chêlê (the claws or arms of animals).* I. II. -
12 chelonium
chĕlōnĭum, ii, n., = chelônion (lit. a tortoise-shell; hence); in mechanics, the similarly formed shield, cramp, or stay in which the axis of the crane or windlass moved, Vitr. 10, 2; 10, 4; 10, 8; 10, 15; 10, 18; 10, 21.—II.A plant, also called cyclaminos, App. Herb. 17. -
13 choragium
chŏrāgĭum, ii, n., = chorêgion.I.The place where the chorus was trained and practised, Vitr. 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3209.—II.( = chorêgia; cf.B.Lidd. and Scott),
the preparing and bringing out of a chorus, Plaut. Capt. prol. 61; App. Mag. p. 282, 1; cf. Fest. p. 52; in plur., Val. Max. 2, 4, 6.— Hence,Transf., of any other splendid preparation or equipment, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115:III.nuptiarum,
App. M. 4, p. 157, 35:funebre,
id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.— Trop.:gloriae,
means of acquiring, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63.—In mechanics, a spring, Vitr. 10, 8, 4. -
14 cnodax
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15 colligatio
I.Prop.:B. II.ex his colligationibus,
Cic. Univ. 7, 21:tota operis colligatio,
Val. Max. 8, 14, 6; cf.:inter quattuor (elementa),
Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 28.—Trop. (only in Cic.):causarum omnium,
Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127:colligatione naturali omnia fiunt,
id. Fat. 14, 31:artior societatis propinquorum,
id. Off. 1, 17, 53. -
16 conligatio
I.Prop.:B. II.ex his colligationibus,
Cic. Univ. 7, 21:tota operis colligatio,
Val. Max. 8, 14, 6; cf.:inter quattuor (elementa),
Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 28.—Trop. (only in Cic.):causarum omnium,
Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127:colligatione naturali omnia fiunt,
id. Fat. 14, 31:artior societatis propinquorum,
id. Off. 1, 17, 53. -
17 embolus
embŏlus, i, m., = embolos, in mechanics, the piston of a pump, Vitr. 10, 12. -
18 expressio
I.In gen.:II.mellis,
Pall. Jun. 7, 3:spiritus,
Vitr. 9, 9.—In partic.A.In mechanics, a forcing apparatus to raise water, Vitr. 1, 1; 8, 7; cf. 2. expressus.—B. C.Of lang., vividness: summā expressione describere, Ambros. de Cain et Abel, 1, 2, 9. -
19 femina
fēmĭna, ae, f. [from fe-, fev-, = Gr. phu-ô, to produce; whence: fetus, fecundus, faenus, felix; cf. Sanscr. bhuas, bhavas, to become; Lat. fi-o, fu-turus], a female.I.Lit.A.Of human beings, a female, woman (cf.: uxor, mulier, matrona;B.conjux, marita): ut a prima congressione maris et feminae... ordiar,
Cic. Rep. 1, 24:et mares deos et feminas esse dicitis,
id. N. D. 1, 34, 95:ambiguus fuerit modo vir, modo femina Sithon,
Ov. M. 4, 280; cf. Lucr. 4, 819:in claris viris et feminis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:pulchritudine eximiā femina,
id. Div. 1, 25, 52:feminae notitiam habere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.:naturam feminarum omnem castitatem pati,
Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29; cf. id. Rep. 3, 10 fin.:bona,
id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; cf.:praestantissima omnium feminarum,
id. Fam. 5, 8, 2:sanctissima atque optima,
id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:probatissima,
id. Caecin. 4, 10:primaria,
id. Fam. 5, 11, 2:decreta super jugandis feminis,
Hor. C. S. 19:varium et mutabile semper femina,
Verg. A. 4, 570:tunc femina simplex,
the female character undisguised, Juv. 6, 327.— Adj.:inter quas Danai femina turba senis,
Prop. 2, 31 (3, 29), 4.—Applied as a term of reproach to effeminate men, Ov. M. 12, 470; Sil. 2, 361; Suet. Caes. 22; Just. 1, 3; Curt. 3, 10 fin. al.—Of beasts, a female, she:II.(bestiarum) aliae mares, aliae feminae sunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: lupus femina feta repente, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 355, and ap. Non. 378, 18 (Ann. v. 70 and 73 ed. Vahl.); cf.:habendas triduum ferias et porco femina piaculum pati (shortly before, porca),
Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:sus,
Col. 7, 9, 3:anas,
Plin. 29, 5, 33, § 104:anguis,
Cic. Div. 1, 18, 36; 2, 29, 62:piscis,
Ov. A. A. 2, 482; Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157; Ov. M. 2, 701.—Transf., in the lang. of nat. hist., of plants and minerals:III.mas in palmite floret, femina citra florem germinat tantum spicae modo,
Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; ib. § 34;so of other plants,
id. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 16, 34, 62, § 145:21, 10, 32, § 58 et saep.: in omni genere (carbunculorum) masculi appellantur acriores, et feminae languidius refulgentes,
Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92;of the loadstone,
id. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—In mechanics, cardo femina, different from cardo masculus (v. cardo, 2), Vitr. 9, 9 med. —In gram., the feminine gender, Quint. 1, 6, 12; 1, 4, 24. -
20 fundulus
fundŭlus, i, m. dim. [fundus].* I.A kind of sausage:* II.FUNDULUM a fundo, quod non ut reliquae partes, sed ex una parte sola apertum,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 111.—
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